schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Cars - For Car EnthusiastsEnglish · 1 month agoVW cuts owners' access to their own vehicle data with API changewww.heise.deexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down10
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minus-squarevenusaurlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoIs there no way to turn off whatever enables them to remotely update your vehicle?
minus-squareJohanno@fedinsfw.applinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoYou could use a signal jammer or pull out the (probably digital) sim card. However once you do this your car has no Internet and most shit won’t work. Also the uploading of the data to the manufacturer servers
minus-squarevenusaurlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWhat functionalities require internet connection besides owners accessing online services? Like mechanical functions?
Is there no way to turn off whatever enables them to remotely update your vehicle?
You could use a signal jammer or pull out the (probably digital) sim card.
However once you do this your car has no Internet and most shit won’t work. Also the uploading of the data to the manufacturer servers
What functionalities require internet connection besides owners accessing online services? Like mechanical functions?